Do you want to know what is the perfect time of day for breakfast? Well, first off, let me give you a glimpse inside a typical morning in my house.

5:00 a.m. -7:00 a.m.: The alarm clock sounds. Unfortunately this is the type of alarm clock you cannot set or predict when it will go off and it does not have one of those precious snooze buttons.

5:10 a.m. -7:10 a.m.: Roll out of bed after the alarm clock has been either wailing or talking to himself. Look at the bags under my eyes and shrug. Get Weezer’s butt out of bed too. Force him out the back door as he fights me just like the cat Lucifer in Cinderella. Then I swig some water, turn on the coffee machine, and hit the bathroom. Then I finally get to that pesky(in the cutest way) alarm clock.

7:30 a.m.: Try and feed a cranky kid who just wants to go back to sleep.

8:00 a.m.: Wrestle a superhumanly powerful anti-nap baby into submission so he will hopefully nap. Now that somebody took a little snooze while feeding he doesn’t want to go down for his morning nap.

8:30 a.m.: Andy is hopefully asleep. I send subliminal messages to Weezer that if he even barks once… Oh, crap! Weezer is still outside! Ok, I feed Weezer and snuggle him for a bit on the couch while I catch a little Matt Lauer action on TV.

10:00 a.m.: What are KLG and Hoda doing on the TV? Craaaaappp! I fell asleep. Oh. Look who is awake staring at me with a huge smile on his face. So much for a shower.

10:30 a.m.: Feed Andy. Haul the bouncer into the tiny bathroon so I can shower without fear that I have somehow neglected and therefore endangered my child. Oh, Weezer is scratching at the door. Come on in and join the family party int he bathroom.

11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.: I struggle to entertain Andy while I do work on my computer. If only Weezer was a better babysitter. Oh gosh. I need coffee. Whoops, must have forgotten to buy some. I need to add that to my nonexistent-I-can-totally-keep-track-of-things-in-my-head grocery list. To the Starbuck’s drive-thru we go!

After that my morning is basically over and out the window goes breakfast. So, my favorite time to eat breakfast is for dinner. I am a big fan of breakfast food so I love to enjoy it at various meal times. I mean who designated eggs and potatoes and bread to morning time only? This person was clearly not a mom!

I made this recipe as a late, late lunch. I scarfed it while taking pictures of it. I cannot wait for Mother’s Day because I would really love to make this again and actually get to enjoy it in the breakfasting/brunching hours. This is definitely a showstopper of a meal. I highly recommend you make this for the mom in your life. Because at some point she was like me and didn’t have time to enjoy this amazing kind of food in the designated hour of the day.

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Turn the traditional eggs benedict on their head! A poached egg on top of a mini quesadilla filled with fajita vegetables topped off with creamy avocado hollandaise!

For the Vegetable Quesadillas:

6 Small Bell Peppers, sliced

1 Jalapeno, seeded and diced

1/8 Onion, thinly sliced

2 Tablespoons Olive Oil

Large Pinch of Salt and Pepper

1 Teaspoon Ground Cumin

1 Teaspoon Smoked Paprika

1/4 Teaspoon Crushed Red Pepper Flakes

1/2 Teaspoon Dried Oregano

1/2 Cup Shredded Mozzarella

1/2 Cup Shredded Queso Blanco

4 Flour Tortillas

For the Avocado Hollandaise:

1 Ripe Avocado, pitted and skin removed

1/3 Cup Hot Water

3 Tablespoons Lemon Juice

2 Tablespoons Olive Oil

For the Top:

4 Poached Eggs

4 Tablespoons Salsa

Salt

Pepper

Crushed Red Pepper Flakes

Fresh Cilantro

Warm olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat for a minute. Add peppers, onions, and jalapenos. Saute for five minutes, stirring occasionally.

Season peppers and onions with salt, pepper, cumin, paprika, and oregano. Stir to evenly season. Saute for three more minutes, until onions are translucent and peppers are tender. Remove from heat.

Use a biscuit cutter, about 3 inch round cutter, to cut two smaller tortillas out of the larger tortillas. Place a tortilla in a small skillet over medium/low heat. Top with a big pinch of peppers and 1/4 cup of the cheese blend. Cover with another tortilla. Cook until cheese starts to melt and then flip to cook the other side, about 5 minutes total. Set each mini quesadilla off to the side until you are ready to assemble.

Bring a large skillet, filled 3/4 of the way up with water to a boil for the poached eggs.

Add each egg to a small bowl of 1/4 cup white vinegar. That will make poaching easier.

While the water comes to a boil, make the hollandaise. Roughly chop the avocado and then add it along with the water to the food processor. Puree, scraping down sides as needed, until smooth.

Add the lemon juice and puree another minute or two. With the food processor going, pour in the olive oil.

Add each egg to the water, one at a time, and stir the water in a circle while the egg poaches, about 4 minutes. Remove egg with slotted spoon and set off to the side.

Now to assemble place one mini quesadilla on a plate. Top with some salsa, an egg, a large spoonful of hollaindaise, salt, pepper, crushed red pepper, and cilantro. Serve right away because the hollandaise starts to turn brown after a while.

This…just…ohmygod. It’d work as a midnight snack too, right? Because I want it in my belly. I haven’t seen avocados for sale here in Taipei, so this is making me miss them soooo much. Your photos are wonderful, too, Steph. Loving this post.

Wow, this looks fantastic! And sorry but I love the “family bathroom party.” My family’s pets always guarded the bathroom door (or scratched to be let in), and now my own cats are accustomed to bachelor Sadye leaving it open so they never have to miss me. Haha.

Haha! Loved reading your morning “routine”. I’m glad you had a chance to whip these up, even if it wasn’t for true breakfast. They say one day you will miss all this craziness… whoever “they” is. Regardless, you’ve got a pretty cute alarm clock and a very tasty dish here to share!